It's Like Perky Boobs on a Raisin

Kandise completed her Art Deco Lady and as good as it looked while on the table it looks so very much better hanging up.  Having even just a little bit of light behind it you can clearly see that the darker colors she's chosen light up very differently-- especially next to any darker pieces that surround them.  All in all this is a stunning debut window and one that Kandise should be VERY proud of.

 

 

 

MiMi was in between projects and decided to throw together a cute Halloween Suncatcher which is new to us.   Her Broom features a spiderweb along with Cecil The Spider.   See Cecil spin a web-- watch ladies run!  It's impressive that MiMi completed this in one class from start to finish and it's easily one cute piece of stained glass.  

 

 

 

 

Cindy wrapped up the work on her Cardinal/Cross Suncatcher and I know that we'll see another one being made because Cindy has inspired someone from Tuesday morning to make one of these as well.

 

 

 

 

Betty made these two Heart Cancer Ribbon Suncatchers in record time.  One features fractures and streamers glass while the other a beautiful clear texture.  Both have been accented with solder dots on sections of the lead lines as an added bonus.

 

  

 

 

Lisa finished her Cloth Draped Cross and I've learned that the white cloth symbolizes the resurrection of Christ while doing a little research on this particular Cross.   Also, when Lisa was working on this I was viewing it upside down and thought to myself, "I need to tell her that the head of her Dove is too flat."  When I walked over and saw it orientated correctly I realized that it wasn't a dove but a cloth!  However, that has given me an idea for a pattern...

 

 

 

Let made a Heart Cancer Ribbon Suncatcher of her own using the same heavily textured clear that Betty used in hers.   And Let's features even more decorative soldering to brighten things up all the more.

 

 

 

The Wedding box that we feature here this week wasn't made by Lorrie but rather myself.  Don't look at the date on it, just know that some things are better late than never!!

 

 

 

Linda F is hard at work on her Halloween Tree Window and we've added an Owl to one of the branches on the upper right of the window (which isn't shown yet here).   The owl and the pumpkin add a lot of tiny pieces to the window but it's all of the detail that makes this so adorable.   But never forget that the Devil is in the details.

 

 

 

Lorrie is hammering out numbers for different Address Signs and she's moving through them quickly.  She got this pair of numbers cut out this week and she's taken the background glass home with her so she can cut, grind and then foil both of these windows.   If she does that while at home (which I'm sure she will) then we will see another pair of numbers get cut out next week.

 

  

 

 

Bee has begun cutting glass for her Dandelion Tribute Window and has picked a perfect clear textured glass for the dandelion itself.  Her original idea was to use a wispy white glass but with the grain only running in one direction it just looked off.  Using clear Florentine glass prevents any grain direction from showing and makes the dandelions look as authentic as possible using only one piece of glass.

 

 

 

Lisa never has just one iron in the fire so this week she not only completed her Cross and Cloth Suncatcher but began this Mountain Scene as well.   She's currently undecided as to whether she'll use bevels for the stars in the sky of if she'll use some iridized glass.  I guess we'll know the answer to that when we return next week.

  

 

 

Steve worked on a Humming Bird that will feature wire accents and it's been cut, ground, wrapped in foil and even soldered already!  All that's left is the wire work itself and that will go quickly enough next week so that we'll also see him begin a new project as well as a final view of this piece.

 

 

 

 

Cindy's making one of a pair of Cat Windows for a friend and Martha will be doing the second Cat Window (once she completes her Street Light).   In just one class Cindy has pulled into the lead since she has all of her colorfully detailed cat cut and ground already.  Cindy will omit the flower that you see in her pattern for reasons that will reveal themselves in the weeks to come..

 

 

 

Susan D is making great inroads on both of her birds.  The eagle's neck with its pointed feathers looks particularly impressive if I do say so myself.  Since the head is the most complicated part of the eagle  suncatcher I'm thinking that the rest of this project will move quickly for her especially since her other bird is already ground.

 

 

 

Mary Grace got all of the remaining pieces cut for her Mardi Gras Mask after she tacked together the pieces that she had already cut out earlier.   Next up comes all of the small triangular background pieces which she'll cut out one side at a time for two reasons.  1) there won't be as many similar pieces floating round loose on her pattern and B) because it will save a LOT of glass doing it this way. 

 

 

 

Susan R is working through all of those tiny inset Peacock feathers but it looks as though the end is near.  Soldering this will be a breeze and I'm sure Susan is looking forward to a relaxing day in class rather than a tedious one involving the grinding of miniscule pieces.

 

 

 

Annette is ready to start soldering her Sacred Heart Window now that all of her glass has been cut, ground, and wrapped in foil.   She'll tack this when she comes back in and then move on to the final solder.   I'd say that she has two more weeks to go on this and then her Magnum Opus can be proudly displayed in a window to highlight all of her work.

 

 

 

Martha has the front side of her latest Street Lamp pretty much soldered so she then added a clear inner border to her window.  It still has to be be tacked onto the window and once that's done we will see what she picks for her final border. 

  

 

 

Betty's Heron is very near completion with only a quarter of the back side of the window left to be soldered.   That means that there's no doubt at all that this will be one of our featured windows next week.

 

  

 

Let's put a lid on this pot and call it a day.

Paul

Bayou Salé GlassWorks